Transaction in Own Shares

Grafton Group PLC
06 June 2007

Grafton Group plc



Grafton Group plc announces that the Company purchased 500,000 Grafton units on
6 June 2007 at a price of €11.35 per unit.  The units purchased will be held as
treasury shares and used to partially cover the Company's obligations under the
Grafton Group employee share schemes.



Following the above purchase, the Company holds 500,000 units in treasury and
has 239,116,654 units in issue (excluding treasury units).



Susan Carroll

Assistant Company Secretary

Grafton Group plc

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                           the Irish Stock Exchange.






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